John Travolta grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood. John’s father is a second-generation Italian American and his mother is Irish-American. His mother Helen Cecilia was an actress and singer who had appeared in the “Sunshine Sisters” a radio vocal group. His father Salvatore Travolta was a semi-professional American Football player and also a tire salesman and partner in a tire company. He experienced his childhood in Englewood, New Jersey. Talking about his early life, he was born on 1954 February 18th. John Travolta: Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Education